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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:00 AM

Sarah Palin's powerful "First Dude"

Todd Palin has exerted unusual influence on his wife's Alaska government. In Washington, their methods would do Bush and Cheney proud.
By Mike Madden

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  • Wednesday, September 17, 2008 03:11 PM

    I knew the Republicans would say "so what?"

    They tortured Hillary Clinton for eight years for being "too involved," but hey, now it's no big deal for an unelected spouse to influence state government. Especially since we're talking about Palin, the do-no-wrong princess of the right.

    The Republicans rammed every little criticism they could dream up down our throats for years, and now they shrug their shoulders with indifference when their side does the same thing.

    Hypocrites.

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